Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands Nov 16, 2024

If you"ve ever dreamed of walking on water or something close to it, the Wadden Sea is the place for you. Tracing over 480 kilometres along the coast of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, this UNESCO World Heritage Site offers a unique landscape of tidal flats and wetlands. In fact, it is the world"s largest unbroken intertidal zone—the area that is underwater at high tide and exposed at low tide—of sand and mud flats. The area is also a playground for aquatic species such as houting, brown trout and white-beaked dolphins, and it"s a home or resting spot for species of birds like waders and herons.

© Ron ter Burg/Minden Pictures

palette

Today in History

Nov 16, 2023Athens and the Acropolis, Greece
Nov 16, 2025A traboule in Lyon, France

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jun 6, 2025Common pheasant, Normandy, France
Aug 24, 2023Shark Fin Cove, California, USA
Jul 25, 2025Colourful houses of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Sep 16, 2025Nighttime view over the Gulf Coast
Oct 2, 2024Wind River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA
Oct 15, 2025Amethyst laccaria mushrooms, Seabeck, Washington, United States
Feb 15, 2026Humpback whales, Monterey Bay, California, United States
Jun 21, 2025Masai giraffes in the Serengeti
Mar 12, 2024Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA
Feb 3, 2026Emerald Bay and Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe, California, United States
Jun 26, 2024Banggai cardinalfish
May 26, 2026Lupine flowers in bloom, Northern California, USA
Jan 18, 2024Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France
Mar 14, 2026Lanyon Quoit, a Neolithic dolmen in Cornwall, England
Feb 19, 2024Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain
Aug 9, 2025Letters Square Roundabout, Manaus, Brazil
Sep 21, 2023Inside the Nobel Peace Centre, Oslo, Norway
Jul 31, 2025Kalalau Beach on the Nā Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii, United States
May 24, 2026Tre Cime Nature Park, South Tyrol, Italy
Apr 26, 2026Pink apple blossoms, Avila Beach, California, USA
Oct 19, 2024Temple of Hathor, Dendera Temple Complex, Qena, Egypt
Jun 21, 2024Reticulated giraffes
May 28, 2026Old city wall of Hwaseong Fortress, Suwon, South Korea
Dec 6, 2025Everglades National Park, Florida
Dec 12, 2023Poinsettias
Dec 17, 2024Reine, Norway
Aug 3, 2024Three Natural Bridges, Wulong National Park, China
Sep 10, 2024Vasco da Gama Bridge, Lisbon
Sep 17, 2025A young bull moose
Jan 20, 2026Gentoo penguin, Petermann Island, Antarctica